Necktie.



w. K. MEYER.

"NECKTIE APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, ISIS Pate tediuli 10, 191?.

WILL K. Mn'znn, or BrwoKLYn', nnw roan, nssrenon 'ro iunrnn, nncnanncAND FRIEDHEIM, OF'NEW 'YQEK, N. 1., A FIRM COMPOSED'OE WILLIMML K.MEYER,

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WIILIAM K. Mnrne a citizen of the United States,residin at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and tate of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of. which thefollowing is a specification.

The primary object of this invention is to preserve the shape andprevent the breaking down of the stitching and material of neckties ofthe four-in-hand or analogous type, due to the strain which these tiesare sub: jected to in adjusting them on a collar, particularly turnovercollars in which they frequently stick.'

I am aware that others have sought to reinforce ties of this type by afabric strip stitched to the inner'face of the tie and provided withlines of reinforcing Stitching such, for example, as shown in U. S.patent to W. E. Webb, Jr, No. 1,079,382.

It will be observed, however, that in the Webb tie the reinforcingstitching; that is such stitching as passes entirely through the body ofthe tie, is confined to the neckband. The strip attached to the back ofthe tie extends throughout the neck-band portion, over the knot tyingportion, and to the ends of the rear longitudinal seam of the tie, or upto the points where the ends of the tie open, but the stitching whichextends longitudinally over these portions of the tie extends throughthe reinforcing strip and the rear folds of the tie alone, and does notpass entirely through the body of the tie.

In carrying out my invention, I secure to the rear face of the tie areinforcing strip which, in the case shown, extends from the end of themain rear longitudinal seam of the tie, or where the material of thesmaller of the enlarged ends of the tie commences to open, to about themiddle of the neckband portion, and this strip 1s secured to the tie bylines of reinforcing stitching, which extend throughout the length ofthe strip and pass entirely through the body of the tie throughout suchlength; that is to say, the stitches appear on the outer as well as theinner face of the tie.

By this arrangement the weakest EQItlOIl of the tie, or that portionwhich is su ecte d to the greatest strain and wear and tear 1sefiectively reinforced and held in shape. I

In order to more fully describe my said NEGKTIE;

Specification of Letters Patent.

invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein,

Figure 1, is a view of the outer face of a four-in-hand tie embodyingmyinvention;

Fig 2, a view of the rear face or back of said tie, and

Fig. 3, an enlarged Fig. 1. I The tie shown in the accompanyingdrawings, aside from the staying or reinforcing feature hereinafterdescribed and which constitutes the present invention, is a well knownform of four-in-hand tie, consisting of two pieces of silk or othermaterial joined by a bias seam 1, folded longitudinally, and stitchedtogether by a seam 2 extending from section on line 3 point 3 to point4:, from which points to the (l'ldS of the material the adjacent edgesare ree.

The material when thus folded forms a neck-band 5 which merges more orless gradually into two enlarged tying ends 6 and 7, one of which ends,the end Gin the present case, is smaller than the other.

Inclosed within the outer material of the tie is an inner lining 8 ofany suitable material.

In tying neckties of this character, it is that portion of the tie fromthe smaller of the enlarged tying ends to the neck-band, or What will becalled the knot tying portion of the smaller end of the tie, which issubjected to the greatest strain and wear and tear, because it is thisportion which is pulled in adjusting the tie on the collar after theknot is tied or partially tied. l his strain has not only a tendency topull the tie out of shape and cause it to become stringy, but it oftenresults in breaking down bias seam 1, and in displacing the innerlining.

The object of the present invention therefore is to reinforce or staythis portion of the tie and cause it to hold its shape, and this I do inthe present case by a strip of flexible fabric 9, stitched to the rearface of the tie by rows of stitching 10, which extends-entirely throughnot only the strip 9, but the outer face as Well as the inner face ofthe outer material of the-tie. This strip extends from the point 3, orthe end of the longitudinal seam 2, at the small end of the tie, to apoint at or near the middle of the neck-band, the said strip beingslightly nar- Patented July to, rear,

Application filed June M, 1915. Serial No. 36,040.

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rower than the neck-band of the tie, and

the stitching 10 extending longitudinall of said .strip adjacent itslongitudinal e ges,

and then transversely thereof to form two a tag or label on which toplace a name or trade-mark.

Theforegoing is-a description of one specific embodiment of my inventionwhich is susceptible to modification without departing from the spiritof the invention here claimed. a

What I claim is:

A necktie having a neck-band which merges into expanded or enlargedtying ends the knot forming portion of the tie being embraced betweenthe neck-band and sald enlarged ends, a reinforcing strip of fabricforming an inner facing for the tie, and extending from said neck-bandto one of said tying ends and over one of the knot forming portions ofsaid tie, and lines of stitching extending through said reinforcing striand through the outer face of the body 0 the tie and longitudinally ofsaid tie from the neck-band to one of the tying ends.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM K. MEYER.

